"It takes a lot of energy and creativity to make such screwed up lives carry on. And the kind of will people have to survive, year after year, dealing with that stuff, is weirdly impressive."

-- Jon McGregor

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“Tally turned away. Five minutes was suddenly too long to stand here, eyes burning, unable to cry.”
“I used to skip out of high school and go flying. It was just one of those things, I thought it was kind of a cool thing to do. I never thought about doing that as a profession, but I started checking things out and I found out there was a flight school down in Daytona Beach, called Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University.”

Source : Interview with Ken P., www.ign.com. November 25, 2002.
“I think for kids it's the most important part of the game. You have to be able to skate forward and backward, stop and start, go from side to side. Those are the basics of the game.”
“Beauty is subjective: Bette Davis wasn't beautiful, but she was more than beautiful.”

Source : "Love For Outsiders; Jacques Audiard On The Romantic Thriller 'Read My Lips'". Interview with Andrea Meyer, www.indiewire.com. July 09, 2002.
“You know, Russia brings it on. People don't want to be Russia hawk. People would like - that's what the president always says: We would like to get along with Russia. But what Russia is doing makes it really hard.”

Source : Source: www.politico.com
“When a seed sprouts, it's a violent process. The skin breaks and splits in two. Something dies and something is born. Anytime you paint a strong or violent image, you may be expressing that part of yourself that's opening in order to let the new emerge.”
“Adolescence is when girls experience social pressure to put aside their authentic selves and to display only a small portion of their gifts.”

Source : Mary Pipher (2005). “Reviving Ophelia”, p.16, Penguin
“God sleeps in the rock, dreams in the plant, stirs in the animal, and awakens in man.”

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